The most extreme statements of the afternoon came from the head of this Sanhedrin, Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, who claimed that according to the 12th century Jewish sage Maimonides, the Jewish people are commanded to kill non-Jewish people who do not agree to abandon Christianity and Islam and be governed by Jewish law.

[Ariadna: Scott Creighton’s superb summary of Russia’s campaign to rid Syria of “ISIS” aka “moderate” democracy lovers, aka “Free Syrian Army,” and of the frustrated sputterings of the terrorists’ sponsors in the Western world.]